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Air hostess' autographs collected onboard Concorde take off at auction
20 August 2024Concorde’s capability to fly at twice the speed of sound and travel from London to New York in three hours attracted the rich and famous of the time.
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Autographs collected on board Concorde head to auction
14 August 2024Autographs collected aboard Concorde by an air hostess will go up for sale at Hansons in Derbyshire on August 20.
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First UK issue of Fantastic Four makes four figures at auction
02 August 2024A 1961 first UK issue of Fantastic Four sold for £6500 (plus 24% buyer’s premium) at Gildings Auctioneers on August 1.
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UK’s first issue of The Incredible Hulk goes under the hammer at Gildings
26 July 2024A collection of vintage comic books amassed by two brothers, including a UK first issue of 'The Incredible Hulk comic', is to be auctioned by Gildings Auctioneers on August 1.
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Fragmented figures at the double
22 July 2024Carved wooden sculptural fragments are a market strength.
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Gold medal sold at auction marks GB football success in 1908 Olympics
15 July 2024The 1908 Olympic Games in London included duels with wax bullets, tug of war and the world’s oldest Olympic champion.
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Car boot Bowie bonanza comes to Derbyshire sale
10 July 2024Photos of David Bowie by Masayoshi Sukita found at a car boot sale in the 1990s are now a potential star turn at Irita Marriott Auctioneers
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Harry Houdini's silver padlock-shaped pocket watch stand escapes at auction for 17 times over estimate
09 July 2024Intriguingly catalogued under the category Magic, Conjuring & Escapology in Bamfords of Derby Collector’s Grand Tour sale on July 4, was a somewhat battered looking Edwardian silver padlock-shaped pocket watch stand.
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Grantham artisans go fourth
08 July 2024'The Artisan Brocante' was launched last year in the gardens of Grantham House a 17th-18th century National Trust property in the Lincolnshire town of Grantham.
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Pottery parrot in Whieldon style attracts flocks of bidders
08 July 2024At Gildings (20% buyer’s premium) of Market Harborough, one little, or rather big bird took flight.
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Daoguang bowls left in attic fetch £162,000 at auction
28 June 2024A box of Chinese porcelain left in an attic in the Lincolnshire Wolds for more than two decades sold for £162,000 at auction.
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Sword ‘linked to the Lion of the Punjab’ takes a £44,000 slice of the action in huge four-day sale
24 June 2024A number of strong performers stood out in a variety of individual pieces offered in Bamfords’ (24.75% buyer’s premium) large four-day auction
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Olympic gold medal for Great Britain footballer a winner at auction
21 June 2024Purnell was one of Great Britain’s few Olympic football players and one of a smaller pool of gold medal winners
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Whieldon type creamware bird rules the roost at auction
21 June 2024At Gildings of Market Harborough, one little, or rather big bird took flight.
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Darwin as depicted by the ‘father of art photography’
10 June 2024An autographed photograph of Charles Darwin (1809-82) described as “very scarce” by Hansons (26.5% buyer’s premium) sold for £8500.
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Dealer Tomasso adds to his personal collection with an auction jewellery purchase
10 June 2024A gold and cameo ring offered with an estimate of just £200-300 at Derbyshire auction house Irita Marriott (plus 28.8% buyer’s premium inc VAT) and catalogued as 19th century caught the eye of a number of jewellery dealers and bidders from as far as Paris and the US.
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Hurrah for a Suffragette vesta case for sale at Derbyshire fair
06 May 2024A vesta case decorated with a campaigning Suffragette is among the highlights at the Buxton Decorative, Antiques & Art Fair.
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Jewellery taken during ram raid at Hansons auction house
22 April 2024Hansons’ saleroom in Derbyshire has been the victim of a ram-raid break-in.
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Pick of the week: The scoop on an Austral Islands kava ladle found in Derbyshire
22 April 2024A Polynesian ladle surfaced in a Derbyshire saleroom, selling for nearly five-times its £500-700 estimate.
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Wirksworth beats the weather
22 April 2024“Despite the awful weather we still had over 50 stalls and our indoor venue, the Memorial Hall was packed,” said Sally-Anne Swindell, organiser of the Wirksworth Antiques in the Street’s early April event in the eponymous Peak District market town.
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